Days of Wine and Vinyl Pt. 2

or

Our Anniversary Trip....

the beginning.

It started with coffee by the fire,

a beautiful morning

and a soak in the tub.

Then we hit the road.

Our destination,

Volcano, California.

Population 103.

Along the way we stopped at

our favorite spot,

The Pickle Patch Deli.

We had lunch with the flamingos.

The Christmas decor was still up,

Barbie tree and all.

This was our first visit to

The Volcano Union Inn.

We checked into the Inn

and took a stroll through town.

We fell in love.

The St. George Hotel

is at the opposite end of town.

This beautiful cottage was part of the

hotel at one time.

It sits at the river's edge.

I could live here.

Here is the Volcano telecommunications office,

serving the greater Volcano area.

During the summer months

The Volcano Theater Company

performs at this lovely amphitheater.

This is the general store/pub/library.

General Store side.

Library corner.

The pub side.

We closed the pub down.

Sally yelled out "Last Call" and

the locals picked up there mugs,

deposited them on the bar,

and made haste for the door.

The owner turned to us and said,

"You don't want to make Sally mad."

It was 6 p.m. and sally wanted

to go home.

That was it.

The sidewalks rolled up.

Lights went out.

Everybody went home.

We returned to our cozy retreat.

The motto of the Inn.

On Tuesday nights in Volcano

you're on your own in the culinary department.

The innkeeper informed of this in advance

so we brought our own picnic dinner;

Rosemary garlic bread, olives,

assorted cheeses and meats, wine and chocolate.

Epicurean heaven!

We had the diningroom all to ourselves.

We enjoyed several games of shuffleboard.

We're pros now.

The mister hit a couple of bullseyes.

I was lucky to hit the board.

It was a perfect day.

Time to retire.